CVE-2026-24289: CWE-416: Use After Free in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607
Use after free in Windows Kernel allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
AI Analysis
Technical Summary
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-24289) involves a use-after-free condition in the Windows Kernel on Windows 10 Version 1607 (build 10.0.14393.0). Exploitation requires local access with some privileges and does not require user interaction. Successful exploitation can lead to full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact by elevating privileges locally. Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability as documented in their security update guide.
Potential Impact
An authorized local attacker can exploit this use-after-free vulnerability to elevate privileges, potentially gaining higher system rights. The impact includes complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability on the affected system. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided by Microsoft for Windows 10 Version 1607 (build 10.0.14393.0) as detailed in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-24289. Applying this patch mitigates the vulnerability.
CVE-2026-24289: CWE-416: Use After Free in Microsoft Windows 10 Version 1607
Description
Use after free in Windows Kernel allows an authorized attacker to elevate privileges locally.
CVSS v3.1
Score 7.8high
Affected software
Weaknesses
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Technical Analysis
This vulnerability (CVE-2026-24289) involves a use-after-free condition in the Windows Kernel on Windows 10 Version 1607 (build 10.0.14393.0). Exploitation requires local access with some privileges and does not require user interaction. Successful exploitation can lead to full confidentiality, integrity, and availability impact by elevating privileges locally. Microsoft has released an official fix for this vulnerability as documented in their security update guide.
Potential Impact
An authorized local attacker can exploit this use-after-free vulnerability to elevate privileges, potentially gaining higher system rights. The impact includes complete compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability on the affected system. There are no known exploits in the wild at this time.
Mitigation Recommendations
An official fix is available from Microsoft. Users and administrators should apply the security update provided by Microsoft for Windows 10 Version 1607 (build 10.0.14393.0) as detailed in the Microsoft advisory at https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-24289. Applying this patch mitigates the vulnerability.
Technical Details
- Data Version
- 5.2
- Assigner Short Name
- microsoft
- Date Reserved
- 2026-01-21T21:28:02.968Z
- Cvss Version
- 3.1
- State
- PUBLISHED
- Remediation Level
- official-fix
- Vendor Advisory Urls
- [{"url":"https://msrc.microsoft.com/update-guide/vulnerability/CVE-2026-24289","vendor":"Microsoft"}]
Threat ID: 69b0562aea502d3aa87d697b
Added to database: 03/10/2026, 17:34:34 UTC
Last enriched: 06/19/2026, 20:26:21 UTC
Last updated: 07/31/2026, 19:22:58 UTC
Views: 241
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